Thugs jailed after attacking man with baseball bats in Lower Earley home

Two men who forced their way into a house in Lower Earley and beat a man with baseball bats in a booze-fuelled attack have been jailed.

The attack by Alan Evans, 29, of Staverton Road, Whitley, and Carl Cserfalvi-Young, 37, of The Meadway, Tilehurst, led to the 37-year-old victim having heart problems and a spell in a cardiac ward, as well as serious injuries.

In January 2017, the two men burst into the man's home in Faygate Way and attacked him, hitting him in the head twice and once in the back.

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The victim, who Evans had personal issues with, had to have 10 stitches in his head, suffered a golf ball-sized lump to his head and severe bruising to the vertebrae in his back.

Evans was charged with the attack in June 2017, and Cserfalvi-Young in October 2017.

The men, who were both heavily under the influence of alcohol, were convicted of one count of aggravated burglary by a unanimous jury at Reading Crown Court on Friday, February 2.

They were jailed for eight years each at the same court in Reading, Berkshire, on Friday, March 9.

Investigating officer PC John Daltrey, of the Investigation Hub at Loddon Valley, said: “This was a vicious and unprovoked attack that left the victim with serious injuries and requiring treatment in hospital.